Park & Ride over the festive period
Christmas in Winchester is a special time of year and many people choose this time to visit the shops and popular Winchester Cathedral Christmas market. To make your visit as easy as possible, we encourage you to use our Park & Ride service during this very busy period - it's the most efficient way to visit. To make it even easier, we've added more bus services and a Sunday bus service too. Full details can be found on this page.
Many of our car parks are within walkable distances of the city centre (and these also have one hour's free parking too), but did you know that our Barfield Close and St. Catherine’s Park & Ride sites are also within walking distance of the city centre? You can find maps to direct you to the city centre from these car parks on the right of this page.
Additionally, our extended Barfield P&R site (Phase II) has additional facilities such as EV charging points, parent & child spaces, and a greater number of disabled spaces.
All Park & Ride locations take coin, debit/credit card, and RingGo as methods of payment.
Extra Park & Ride services will be in place from Friday 20 November until Wednesday 23 December 2026.
Monday to Saturday
Until 6pm, buses will run every 10 minutes - and the last bus back from The Broadway to South Park & Ride is 7.29pm. The last bus back from The Broadway to East Park & Ride (St Catherine's/Barfield) is 7.45pm.
Please Note: The usual Park and Ride bus stop outside Abbey House will move to outside the Guildhall. Buses heading to South Park and Ride will stop outside the Guildhall and then carry on their journey through the bus station. Buses to East Park & Ride will continue using the stop outside St John’s House.
Sunday
We've added a free Sunday bus shuttle to The Broadway from East Park & Ride (St. Catherine's & Barfield) car parks on the following Sundays:
- 22 and 29 November
- 6, 13 and 20 December
2026 Christmas Park and Ride timetable (pdf, 994kb)